Type setting



(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1. L. K. JOHNSON 8: A. A. LOW.

TYPE SETTING APPLIANGE.

No. 583,479. Patented June 1,1897.

(No Mogel.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 2. L. K. JOHNSONv A. A. LOW. TYPE SETTING APP LIANGE.

No. 583,479. Patented June 1,1897.

(NO Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet. L. K. JOHNSON 8v A. A. LOW.

TYPE SETTING APPLIANCE.

Patented June 1,1897.

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L. K.`JOHNSON 8v A. A. LOW. TYPE SETTING APPLIANGE.

No. 583,479. Patentd June 1, 1897.

UNTTED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON AND ABBOT AUGUSTUS LOV, OF BROOKLYN, NEY

YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALDEN TYPE MACHINE COMPANY, OF

YORK, N. Y.

NEW

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 583,479, dated June 1, 189'?.

Application filed March 30, 1896- To all whom t may con/cern.-

Be it known that we, LOUIs KossUTH JOHN- soN and ABBOT AUGUSTUS Low, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-Setting Applianoes, of which the following is a description sufiicient to enable others skilled in the art to 1o' which the invention appertains to make and use the same.

Ourinvention relates to the class of type-setter cases in which we arrange the types fora word or other com bination one above the other x5 in type-containing channels, from the lower ends of which the words or combinations are forwarded into position for convenient removal by the hand of the compositor. In order to adapt such a type-case to the varying zo or various requirements of use, it is desirable that it be arranged so that .the number of types simultaneously forwarded by a pusher may be varied in accordance with any word or combination that it may be desirable to arrange in a particular channel. Thusthe relative arrangement of the various words or combinations in the case as a whole may be arranged to suit the choice or convenience of the compositor, or substitutions may be made 3o when necessary. Our object is to accomplish all this quickly and conveniently by simplel mechanism; and the invention consists, broadly, in the use of a plain thin pusherblade of maximum height, in combination with means for raising and lowering said pusher with relation to the type support and channel, and, secondarily, in the special construction and arrangement of parts for effecting the adjustment of the upright pusher- 4o blade, its connection with the reciprocating mechanism, and the combination,with the adjustable pusher, of a type-face plate adjustable with relation to said pusher-blade, substantially as hereinafter set forth.

In our last application for patent we provided for varying the number of types to be removed from a channel by making the typesupport adjustable within the channel and with relation to a type-forwarding blade hav- 5o ing a Xed horizontal path. In prior application, Serial No. 582,713, we accomplish a Serial No. 585,4(26. (No model.)

,by means of a vertically-adjustable pusher,

which we accomplish in the present case by simply adjusting the flooror support on which a plain thin pusher-blade rests and travels,

and this is the distinguishing feature of our present invention as compared with our said prior invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a front elevation of a portion of a case constructed according to our present invention; Fig. 2, a plan of the same; Fig. 3, a-vertical sectional elevation of one of the channels and adjoining parts, showing the pusher in its highest position retracted; Fig. 4, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the pusher in its forward position; Fig. 5, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the pusher adjusted for two types; Fig. 6, a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the pusher adjusted to four types. Fig. '7, a sectional View on plane of line 7 7, Fig. 6, the types, pusher, dro., being omitted. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 3, showing five types partly advanced; Figs. 9 to l2, detail elevations of the pusher-support.

The type-containing channels O rest upon the type-floor F, which is formed with a series of slotsf, to admit of the forward movement of the pusher-blades P. The type-channels O O are supported laterally in a vertical position by the side walls or holders II. The slots f are central with relation to the channels above, and being only sufficient in width to admit the pusher-blades (which are comparatively thin) leave type-supporting surfaces i t on either sides of the slots f. rIhese type-supporting surfaces tare simply the portions of the floor F within the channels, and support the lowest types therein until forwarded by the pusher-blades, which advance against the heels of the types centrally and forward them upon the floor F until their front ends or faces project sufeiently beyond the front edge f' of the table F to admit of their being grasped by the fingers of the compositor. Each of the slots fex- IOCII tend backward a distance sufficient to accommodate its pusher-blade P and the support S thereof, the side Walls of the slot maintaining the pusher-blade and supportin alinement.

The pusher-blade support S may be adj usted vertically in `any desired or suitable manner other than that shown in the drawings, which, however, illustrates a convenient arrangement for regulating the position of the pusher with relation to the type-Hoor E. As shown, a front extension s of the support S is formed With a screw-thread engaging with the Worm XV, seated in the framework under the table F. By turning the Worm W in one direction or the other by means of its head w the support S is raised or lowered, carrying with it the pusher-blade P.

In order to admit of the vertical movement of the pusher-blade P Without change of relation to the forwarding mechanism, its rear end is formed with the vertical slot p, in which rests the pin or stud r upon the reciprocatory bar or rod R, to which motion is com# municated at the proper time in any desired or Well-known manner needless to describe in this connection.

It will be seen that the blade P is practically free to move in a vertical direction Within the limits of the height of the slot p, and thus its front edge p' is maintained in a ver tical position under all conditions of adjustment and encounters the heels of the types squarely and all together.

The spine of each containing-channel C is slotted vertically to a heightcorresponding to the highest position of the pusher-blade P, as is also the rear Wall of the holder H, and the adjustment of each faceplate G to correspond to that of the pusher is effected by a Worm-screw V or equivalent mechanism.

Vhat We claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a type-case, the combination of a typesupport, a type-forwarding blade, and a vertically-adjustable support for said type-forwarding blade by which the position of the latter may be regulated with relation to the type-support, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. In a type-case, the combination of a type channel and support, a type-support, a front guard adjustable With relation to said typesupport, a reciprocating type-forwarder blade, and a vertically-adjustable support for said type-forwarding blade by Which the position of the latter maybe regulated With relation to the said type-support, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

In a type-case the combination of a typesupport, a type-forwarding blade connected with the reciprocating mechanism by means whichwill admit of the vertical adjustment of the type-forwarding blade without disconnectin g the parts, and a vertically-adjustable support for the said type-forwardin g blade by which the position oi' the latter may be regulated with relation to the type-support, substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of the type tioor F, pusher P, formed with the slot p, the reciprocatory rod R, having the stud r, in said slot, and the adjustable support S, the Whole arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

LOUIS KOSSUTH JOHNSON. ABI-EOT AUGUSTUS LOlV.

lVitnesses: l

D. W. GARDNER, Guo. WM. MiArr. 

